In a live show taping, Lizzi Lee of The China Project's “Live with Lizzi Lee" and Damien Ma, who heads the Paulson Institute's in-house think tank MacroPolo, break down the 20th Party Congress, Xi Jinping’s leadership picks, and where China might be headed.
How did business respond to last week’s Party meeting that set Xi Jinping up for another decade of dominance? Badly, says Dexter Tiff Roberts, author of “The Myth of Chinese Capitalism,” amid existential angst about what role the private sector will be allowed to play in Xi’s new era.
Since the conclusion of the Communist Party’s 20th congress, Xi Jinping has appointed new officials to top leadership positions — including the man who will run China’s global image.
China’s ruling Communist Party has named the top leaders that will govern the country for the next five years. Unsurprisingly, Xi Jinping is in charge.
What does it mean when Xi Jinping tells China and the world that he is far more focused on security than on the struggling economy? Dexter Tiff Roberts, author of "The Myth of Chinese Capitalism," is not optimistic.
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Susan Shirk talks about how the deliberately collective leadership under Hu Jintao paved the way for the over-concentration of power under Xi Jinping.
Xi addressed some hot-button issues in his opening speech: COVID zero isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, tough talk on Taiwan, and Hong Kong’s return from “chaos.” But don’t ask about the economy — the GDP report has been delayed until an unknown date.
Cheng Li, director of the John Thornton China Center and a senior fellow in the foreign policy program at Brookings, breaks down the leadership lineup at the 20th Party Congress.
The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party begins in Beijing on Sunday. If Xi Jinping is handed a report with some highlights on the state of China’s economy, here’s what he might read.